German submarine U-125 (1940)
Service
- as U-1253 March 1941 — 6 May 1943794 days of the war
- Name
- U-125
- Pennant / hull number
- 1940
- Builder
- DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
- Ordered
- 7 August 1939
- Laid down
- 10 May 1940
- Launched
- 10 December 1940
- Commissioned
- 3 March 1941
- Fate
- Sunk, 6 May 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,102 long tons (1,120 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,213 long tons (1,232 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.76 m (22.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
- Range
- 13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-125 was a Type IXC submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Her keel was laid at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen on 10 May 1940. Launched on 10 December 1940, she entered service on 3 March 1941.
Her class ran to 142 ships. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.
The boat displaced 1,102 long tons surfaced and 1,213 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She was in commission for 794 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 6 May 1943, at 52°30′N 45°20′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 4400 PS (diesels)
- 1000 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
- 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1221
- German submarine U-1222
- German submarine U-1223
- German submarine U-1224
- German submarine U-1225
- German submarine U-1226
- German submarine U-1227
- German submarine U-1228
- German submarine U-1229
- German submarine U-1230
- German submarine U-1231
- German submarine U-1232
- German submarine U-1233
- German submarine U-1234
- German submarine U-1235
- German submarine U-126 (1940)
- German submarine U-127 (1941)
- German submarine U-128 (1941)
- German submarine U-129 (1941)
- German submarine U-130 (1941)
- German submarine U-131 (1941)
- German submarine U-153 (1941)
- German submarine U-154 (1941)
- German submarine U-155 (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-125 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Jeremy Atherton — Self-photographed — CC BY-SA 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons